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It might look like Apple has its hands full with out of control iPhone 5 sales and an impending iPad mini launch, but they have made time to put a couple of great new iPod models together. Apple has just hit us with a seventh-generation iPod nano and a fifth generation iPod touch.

At a glance, you might mistake the iPod touch for the iPhone 5. The new iPod touch uses the same 4-inch display and is exactly the same height as the iPhone 5, making it taller than the iPhone 4/4S and all previous touch devices. With its loop button and wrist strap in place, it looks like a really thin digital camera.

The iPod touch has Apple’s dual core A5 chipset, with twice the processing power and up to seven times the graphical abilities of the last touch. This chipset is more than enough to keep iOS 6 in the groove. It really shines when it comes to gaming and multimedia apps. The 5th-gen is available in 32 GB and 64GB versions. This touch also gives you Siri, Apple Maps, the new Facebook integration, and AirPlay Mirroring.

The iPod nano is the most frequently redesigned Apple product. This nano is smaller than the palm of your hand, but twice as long as the last nano version. It definitely is a stripped-down mini music player. It's a typically Apple-slick device, but it does little more than play audio files.

In one of the first nano reviews, The Verge noted that the lack of iCloud capability keeps users stuck in the traditional iPod setup of having to manage their music files via iTunes, a concept dating back over decade.

As The Verge report put it, “It’s like taking a time machine to 2010. If you’re cool with managing files, the new iPod nano is the best dedicated music player on the market. It’s the sort of product that only Apple can make; a seamless slice of metal and plastic that feels essentially inevitable once you hold it.”

Just like the iPhone 5, the new iPods use the tiny Lightning jack. Be warned, neither model ships with an AC adapter. You’ll need to charge them up using your computer or through a USB-based AC adapter.

Have you ever wondered if the - now commonplace nomenclature - of « app » was a derivative of « Apple »? With the revolutionary concept of iTunes and its accompanying iPods, iPads, and iPhones, App and Apple have certainly been synonymous. As the popularity of Apple products, devices, accessories, and everything in between continues to grow globally, it is no surprise that the company has announced a few landmark numbers to its adoring public.

Apparently Apple has been ramping up its AppStore, in a mere six times there has been an increase of apps... from 425,000 in July to 500,000 this week. More impressive is the number of those apps that have been downloaded. Since 2008, iOS users have downloaded over 18 billion apps. The 15 billion marker was hit in July, which indicates that the Apple momentum just keeps building up steam. At this rate, they are tracking to surpass 1 billion apps downloaded per month. The popularity of accessories has been soaring likewise; discover the latest innovative protective solutions and premium electronic accessories from the industry's most leading brands.

In the words of the company itself, “Apple revolutionized the app industry with the App Store, which now has more than 500,000 apps and where customers have downloaded more than 18 billion apps and continue to download more than 1 billion apps per month.”

Although less inspired , but not to be left behind, the Google Android Market now has 319,000 apps. This month the conglomerate also announced that they passed the 10 billion app download milestone. The expectation is that this competing purveyor of multi-tasking inducing apps will also average a rate of one billion app downloads per month. This does have the potential to grow more exponentially than Apple because of Google Android’s greater distribution to smartphone device manufacturers and in turn being open to more markets with a greater choice of unlocked phones. Enhance your mobility... turn your device into a power tool. Discover the select accessories specifically designed to make your devices functionally efficient and performance rich

But as in any good industry competition, the consumers on both sides of the aisle will win with a greater choice of apps, more innovation, and feed our insatiable need for technology.

Just in time for the holidays, Sony Ericsson’s Xperia cell phone line is bolstered with the release of its Xperia Active hits the online retailer scene to make electronics shopping all the easier on consumers. If it doesn’t need to be tried on or taken for a test drive - buy it online! Will save on gas (eco-friendly shopping), make pricing comparisons a breeze, and pair bundling suggestions with featured mobile device accessories for stocking stuffers.

Prospective consumers will be pleased to read that Sony Ericsson is making this Android smartphone available online as unlocked cell phone allowing user the freedom to choose their proffered service provider and service contract that best meets their lifestyle needs . North American carriers make this handset guru widely available for use in both Canada and the US. Eschewing exclusivity is the way to warm this writer’s heart as it shows a greater concern for Sony Ericsson customers over the giant telecommunications carriers.

Sony Ericsson’s line of smartphones is powered by the Android OS holds the majority share of the mobile device market for a reason. So if the Experia Active is sold out or doesn’t meet the aesthetic tastes of the consumer, there are plenty of other mobile product options to choose from including tablets, MacBooks, iPods and a plethora of innovative protective solutions and premium electronic accessories from the industry's most leading brands.

What’s more, the online retailers such PureMobile are able to offer an astonishing array of brand name accessories designed enhance the user experience, and optimize the power of your mobile devices. These superior accessories accentuate your personalities, allowing, darling divas to add protective cases and designer skins to a cell phone; while providing the pragmatic business men to turn his devices into a power tools with select accessories specifically designed to make your devices functionally efficient and performance rich. All this without the hassle of the mall… Happy holidays indeed!